Battle of the Devil's Backbone

The Battle of the Devil's Backbone (September 1719) was a naval battle fought between the pirate captain Edward Kenway and his brig, the Jackdaw, and two British ships near the Devil's Backbone rock formation off the coast of Mexico. The Jackdaw was tailed to a rendezvous with Bartholomew Roberts' ship Royal Fortune by Benjamin Hornigold's Benjamin and several Royal Navy vessels, and the Jackdaw inflicted damage on the Royal Navy frigate HMS Tryton before attacking the Benjamin (which had already been damaged from a gunnery battle with the Spanish Navy brig La Griega). The Benjamin crashed onto the shore of the Santanillas after suffering heavy damage, and Kenway followed Hornigold ashore. He fought with several British Army soldiers on the islands, killing many of them before air assassinating Hornigold with his sword from the top of a Mayan temple.